Compact binary evolutions with the Z4c formulation
Compact binary evolutions with the Z4c formulation
Numerical relativity simulations of compact binaries with the Z4c and Baumgarte-Shapiro-Shibata-Nakamura-Oohara-Kojima (BSSNOK) formulations are compared. The Z4c formulation is advantageous in every case considered. In simulations of nonvacuum spacetimes, the constraint violations due to truncation errors are between 1 and 3 orders of magnitude lower in the Z4c evolutions. Improvements …